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Commissioners approve purchase of 15 jail locks from recommended vendor

Belknap County Board of Commissioners · April 7, 2026
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Summary

After reviewing RFP bids that ranged widely, commissioners approved purchasing 15 replacement jail locks for inventory from the second‑lowest bidder recommended by facilities staff; the low bidder did not meet specifications. The motion carried by voice vote.

John Bossi, the county facilities representative, presented the results of an RFP to replace cell locks in the county jail, explaining bids ranged from roughly $66,000 to $261,000 for all 66 locks and that the lowest bidder did not meet the county’s electronic‑lock specifications. Bossi recommended purchasing an initial stock of 15 locks from the next qualified bidder (identified in the…

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